Zuma YC Application

Summer 2021Active

Zuma went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2021 batch as a B2B company. Below: what the company does, who founded it, and its application to YC, reconstructed question by question in the real YC form.

YC batch: Summer 2021
Industry: B2B
Team size: 50
Status: Active
Launched: 2021

Founders

Shiv GettuFounder
Kendrick BradleyFounder

Zuma's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Zuma, Summer 2021 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Zuma

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

We help businesses convert leads into sales in minutes using text

What is your company going to make? Please describe your product and what it does or will do.

We built a text messaging platform tailored for businesses that want to quickly turn leads into paying customers. Our product lets sales teams automatically and intelligently engage prospects over SMS, cutting down response time from days or hours to minutes.

Where do you live now, and where would the company be based after YC?

We live in San Francisco, California, and after YC we will keep the company based here.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is the center of tech startups and where our team lives. Being here keeps us close to early customers and talent.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Zuma YC application?

No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from Zuma's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like Zuma would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.